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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Camden
- Town
- Camden
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21 September 2012
Attended by: VISCOUNT SLIM OBE DL
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63605
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Current location
On traffic island
outside Mornington Crescent underground station
Camden High Street
Camden
Camden
Greater London
NW1 2JA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 29192 83383
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Granite tablet supported by base with railway sleepers and track beneath. Tablet bears incised inscription and incised image of prisoner as drawn by Ronald Searle. Railway sleepers and track in cruciform shape.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS/ OF BRITISH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL/ WHO SUFFERED INCARCERATION, MANY DYING,/ IN THE FAR EAST DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45/ INCLUDING THOSE FORCED TO LABOUR/ ON THE BURMA RAILWAY./ THEY ASK FOR NOTHING BUT REMEMBRANCE/ OF THEIR LIVES AND A PROMISE OF/ PEACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS./ IMAGE BY RONALD SEARLE, ARTIST AND PRISONER OF WAR WHO LABOURED ON THE BURMA RAILWAY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment/service
Order of information: Forename, surname, regiment/service
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Other structure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- British Civilian And Military Far East POWs
- WMO ID: 203629
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-12-2017]
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- Costs
Comments: The memorial was funded by public subscription and sponsorship from the Camden New Journal.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Camden New Journal 1-8/ September 2012 Special section entitled 'In Memoriam' featured interviews with those involved in erecting the memorial, ex-FEPOWs and their families and articles about the experience of FEPOWs. Copy held on file.
- Other website www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/curtains-up-on-1104s-camden-pow-memorial/8636534.article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=3
- Other website www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/sep/memorial-prisoners-war-unveiled-camden-town-after-new-journal-appeal
- Camden New Journal 15 Nov. 2012; 8/ 22 August 2013
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